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An application process must use a printer. Which process control block field maintains a list of printers

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Answer:

The Process Control Block field which maintains a list of printers is called the Other_resources.

Step-by-step explanation:

Within an operating system, the data structure which holds the information of the process related to it is called the Process Control Block (PCB). Other terms used to refer to is are

  • Task control block or
  • Entry of the process table or
  • Process descriptor

It is created by the Operating System (OS) whenever a process is created.

Besides the Other_resources section, there are other items within the process block. They are:

  • Unique Process Identifier
  • Current Process State
  • Scheduling_information etc.

Other_resources also holds information such as:

  • names of open files
  • name of executable
  • identity of the owner of the PC
  • amount of central processing unit time used
  • list of devices which include printers and other

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